Adhesive use for die cut letters

I always use my xyron or a glue pen. But yeah that residue is a pain. I have thought about running them through before cutting but then I figured my die would get all gunked up and that would be an even bigger pain...so I dunno...I guess this wasn't really helpful *LOL*

Hannah

I currently use the glue pens, but I think a lot of people use the Xyron and are very happy with it. I've got a Sizzix machine, but no die cuts yet. LOL I've been drooling over several alphabets, though. :-)

Whenever I'm talking with the people who sell all the fancy stuff at the expos the one common thread is "run the paper through the xyron before cutting." They all do. None have said it gums up their die cuts. I tend to believe that it would, but I don't have anything to experiment with. I've resisted getting any diecuts. Is there anyone willing to experiment? I would think goo gone could help you out should gum things up.

Lynne

I don't get goo.. why? I have a CM sticker thing... that peels up stickers and I use the pointed end to run around all my letters before I peel the top part up... gets rid of the goo every time! try a pencil or something.... the goo is only where the clear hasn't stuck to the adhesive....

I use my Xyron or Hermafix dots.

There is a little rubber square called an Adhesive Pickup Square. It works great to pickup that excess adhesive that is left of the letters. The pickup square runs about $2. I used to see them all over the place and when I misplaced mine, do you think I could find another one in the store????? Fortunately I did eventually find one. I believe Xyron puts one out and one other company. HTH S

I actually played with this today. I found much better quality when running the paper through the Xyron first, then die cutting the letters. I used Sizzlets only - did not try any of my Quickutz alphas. I don't know about gunking things up. I only tried a few letters and didn't have any problems. I too share the concern that my dies would eventually get ickky. I wonder though, because it seems everyone on tv that are demoing the things say to adhere first, and then die cut.

Dry bond works very well!

I run the paper thru my Xyron before using handpunches and they don't gook-up, however, they are extra hard to punch. Cardstock is expecially hard. Peggy from NJ

Another thing that I do to get rid of the Xyron residue is to go around my letters with an embossing stylus before I peel off the protective plastic. It seems to but the residue away from the letter. I forgot about this until I did it (again) last night. :o) S